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Why us for Real Estate?

UK commercial real estate can provide the key to unlocking potential long-term, risk-adjusted returns. As a strong investment manager within the asset class, we have the experience, skills and expertise to target and actively manage quality holdings.

  1. Established in 1994, we have a stable and experienced management team with an average of 19 years continuous group employment
  2. Consistent, income-focused investment philosophy, delivered through specialist, active asset management
  3. As a major owner of real estate across the UK, we focus on quality assets and favour locations with low supply and strong occupational demand to maximise income stability
  4. We believe investing responsibly in real estate is complementary to our core objective of delivering strong risk-adjusted investment returns for our clients.
18 June 2021

Is the bond broken?

An allocation to government bonds within a multi-asset portfolio has traditionally played a vital role in terms of risk management and diversification. But with a decade-long bull era in both government bonds and equities, is this assumption still valid?
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28 May 2021

Asset allocation update: standing pat

Maya Bhandari looks at how the team has managed its asset allocations over the past couple of months and where they believe the best risk-adjusted returns will come from.
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12 April 2021

Office-working: long-term symptoms or full recovery?

With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of office workers worldwide were forced to work from home (WFH) for the majority of 2020.
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31 March 2021

UK real estate: resilience and dynamism in equal measure

Over an unprecedented 12 months commercial property funds have proven their resilience as stable income generators. We look at how the market is changing and evolving to ensure it delivers for investors in the years to come.
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21 January 2021

Global Perspectives 2021

In 2020 we experienced the extraordinary, in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic that challenged individuals, families, companies, governments and investment markets around the world.In this series of outlooks from our leading investment experts, we look at how markets and economies have been impacted by the pandemic, and what the future holds for the next 12 months.
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8 December 2020

Riding Europe’s building renovation wave

The EU’s decision to put building modernisation at the heart of its drive to reduce CO2 emissions heralds a major spending programme to transform energy efficiency. It also represents a wider drive across the continent in which Columbia Threadneedle is keen to be involved
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31 March 2020
Real estate

John Wilcock

Head of UK Real Estate

UK real estate: a consistent approach to weather uncertain times

Real estate is not immune from the forces affecting the global economy; however, our market is well placed to weather the storm.
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21 August 2019
Real estate

James Allum

Client Relationship Manager, Real Estate Investment Management

Five stages of managing real estate responsibly

Investing responsibly in real estate is complementary to our core objective of delivering strong risk-adjusted returns for clients. Here, we outline our approach to managing property assets and demonstrate how we apply these principles.
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Threadneedle Property Authorised Investment Fund

Seeking a consistent income from bricks and mortar? Access commercial property within a daily dealing, well-diversified UK commercial property fund.

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Head of UK Real Estate

Joseph Vullo
Head of UK Real Estate
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Joseph Vullo
Joseph Vullo
Head of UK Real Estate

Joseph Vullo is Head of UK Real Estate at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He took up this role in October 2020 and is responsible for investment performance and shaping the strategy for the UK Real Estate business.
He joined the company as an Asset Manager in 2000, becoming Head of Asset Management in 2008 and a member of the Property Business Management team in 2010.

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